Intégration des principes de développement durable au collégial : Le cas du programme de Techniques de tourisme

Year after year, an increasing number of tourists are travelling across the world, and this increase in tourist travels is not without impacts on the natural, social and cultural environment or on the local economy and the development of communities. To understand the issues, their impacts and the m...

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Main Author: Marie-Janou Lusignan
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Language:fra
Published: Éditions en environnement VertigO 2012-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/11676
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description Year after year, an increasing number of tourists are travelling across the world, and this increase in tourist travels is not without impacts on the natural, social and cultural environment or on the local economy and the development of communities. To understand the issues, their impacts and the manner in which they can be lessened, the Tourism Techniques program at the Cégep de Granby-Haute-Yamaska is focusing its training program on sustainable and responsible tourism. It all started with some of the teachers being interested with sustainable development. Awareness progressively spread through the department. It is now recognized that education in sustainable development is a fundamental component of the Tourism Techniques program. For the last ten years, the program has been engaged in a progressive, step-by-step implementation of a number of specific actions aimed at integrating sustainable development principles to its training. The objective is first to educate responsible citizens and professionals to ensure that the next generation is better equipped to play its part as actors of change in its environment. A good understanding of the issues is required to attain this goal. Secondly, the objective is to meet the needs and expectations of the employers in this matter. The present article aims at providing an overall picture of the various initiatives and endeavors developed by the Tourism Techniques program to integrate sustainable development in its curriculum.
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spelling doaj-art-e9acbf8729014bd1b217282859e7bc902025-08-20T03:44:39ZfraÉditions en environnement VertigOVertigO1492-84422012-04-011310.4000/vertigo.11676Intégration des principes de développement durable au collégial : Le cas du programme de Techniques de tourismeMarie-Janou LusignanYear after year, an increasing number of tourists are travelling across the world, and this increase in tourist travels is not without impacts on the natural, social and cultural environment or on the local economy and the development of communities. To understand the issues, their impacts and the manner in which they can be lessened, the Tourism Techniques program at the Cégep de Granby-Haute-Yamaska is focusing its training program on sustainable and responsible tourism. It all started with some of the teachers being interested with sustainable development. Awareness progressively spread through the department. It is now recognized that education in sustainable development is a fundamental component of the Tourism Techniques program. For the last ten years, the program has been engaged in a progressive, step-by-step implementation of a number of specific actions aimed at integrating sustainable development principles to its training. The objective is first to educate responsible citizens and professionals to ensure that the next generation is better equipped to play its part as actors of change in its environment. A good understanding of the issues is required to attain this goal. Secondly, the objective is to meet the needs and expectations of the employers in this matter. The present article aims at providing an overall picture of the various initiatives and endeavors developed by the Tourism Techniques program to integrate sustainable development in its curriculum.https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/11676sustainable developmenteducationTourism techniques ; Cégep de Granby-Haute-Yamaskasustainable and responsible tourismeducational activities.
spellingShingle Marie-Janou Lusignan
Intégration des principes de développement durable au collégial : Le cas du programme de Techniques de tourisme
VertigO
sustainable development
education
Tourism techniques ; Cégep de Granby-Haute-Yamaska
sustainable and responsible tourism
educational activities.
title Intégration des principes de développement durable au collégial : Le cas du programme de Techniques de tourisme
title_full Intégration des principes de développement durable au collégial : Le cas du programme de Techniques de tourisme
title_fullStr Intégration des principes de développement durable au collégial : Le cas du programme de Techniques de tourisme
title_full_unstemmed Intégration des principes de développement durable au collégial : Le cas du programme de Techniques de tourisme
title_short Intégration des principes de développement durable au collégial : Le cas du programme de Techniques de tourisme
title_sort integration des principes de developpement durable au collegial le cas du programme de techniques de tourisme
topic sustainable development
education
Tourism techniques ; Cégep de Granby-Haute-Yamaska
sustainable and responsible tourism
educational activities.
url https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/11676
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